Business is the wealth generator of the UK, and small and family businesses are the often neglected heart of the UK economy, with family businesses alone employing nearly four in ten of the UK’s workforce. We propose ways to make the UK an economy all businesses can thrive in.
A House Divided
In this paper, MP for Dover and CPS Fellow Charlie Elphicke, analyses how the poorest households in the UK have fared badly since 1997.
What’s Wrong With 50p?
In this Pointmaker paper, Jill Kirby and Iain Griffiths, put forwards what was one of the first critical analyses of government proposals to raise the top rate of income tax to 50p.
The Myth of Inflation Targeting: the largest policy failure of our generation
In this paper, Chairman of the Centre for Policy Studies Maurice Saatchi, published this report to coincide with the introduction of his Bill in the House of Lords on the same subject.
The Stock Market Under Labour: the legacy of Gordon Brown
In this paper. Stock market historian John Littlewood, analyses the performance of the London Stock Market under Labour and how it has been worse than those of all other major Western economies (with the exception of Japan).
What killed capitalism? The crisis: what caused it and how to respond
What killed capitalism? The crisis: what caused it and how to respond
Step off the Gas: Why Overdependence On Gas Is Bad For the UK
In this paper, political/energy analyst and CPS Research Fellow Tony Lodge, explores the need to diversify away from the UKs over-dependence on gas.
Save 100,000 Homes from Reposession
In this paper, banking and finance expert Natalie Elphicke, outlines her central recommendation that given the rise in house repossessions, governments efforts should be focused on encouraging the courts to be more understanding of those in arrears rather than direct government support as such measures are often expensive and futile.
From Boom to Bust: A plain guide to the causes and implications of the banking crisis
The banking crisis has its roots in mistaken monetary and economic policies; and in regulatory failure.
Uh-oh, we’re in trouble…The recession’s come along and burst Brown’s bubble
Public sector net debt is set to rise to around 50% of GDP, once the costs of the recent bank bail-outs are included.
The Price of Irresponsibility
According to the most recently published data, in September 2008, the UK’s Public Sector Net Debt (including Northern Rock) is £632.7 billion. This is equivalent to 43.3% of GDP.
Wind Chill: Why wind energy will not fill the UK’s energy gap
Britain faces an energy gap of up 32 GW by 2015 as older coal and nuclear power stations are paid off. At the same time, Britain has made a binding commitment to deliver 15% of all its energy consumption from renewable energy sources by 2020.
Why do we feel so broke?
Average household taxes are up by £7,800 a year in nominal terms since 1997. (The aggregate total increase in the household tax burden – including business taxes – is nearly £10,000 since 1997).
Who do they think we are? Government’s hidden agenda to control our lives
The proposed introduction of ID cards for British citizens in 2011 represents only the tip of an iceberg of personal information which the Government is collecting.
Towards a Gold Standard for craft: Guaranteeing professional apprenticeships
‘Apprenticeship’ is an estimable brand, historically valued by employers, attractive to young people and assumed by the wider public to confer a high level of competence.
RIAs: Why don’t they work? A submission to the business council of Britain
Every political party believes in the idea of better regulation. And yet every political party, once in government, fails to achieve better regulation.
The Localism Papers 6 Direct diplomacy
It can be argued that diplomacy is different from other areas of policy.
